US military begin mission to clear mines in Strait of Hormuz, says CENTCOM

Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Frank E. Petersen Jr. (DDG 121)
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In a region long accustomed to the theatrics of revolutionary bluster and the quiet calculus of power, the United States has once again demonstrated that freedom of navigation is not a slogan but a necessity enforced by steel and resolve. While negotiations between Washington and Tehran stutter onward in Pakistan, U.S. Central Command has moved with characteristic directness: its forces have begun the deliberate, painstaking work of clearing Iranian mines from the Strait of Hormuz, that narrow artery through which a fifth of the world's oil once flowed, now choked by the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps as an act of economic self-harm.

“USS Frank E. Peterson (DDG 121) and USS Michael Murphy (DDG 112) transited the Strait of Hormuz and operated in the Arabian Gulf as part of a broader mission to ensure the strait is fully clear of sea mines previously laid by Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps,” CENTCOM stated plainly.

This marks the first transit by American guided-missile destroyers through those contested waters since the current hostilities with Iran erupted, a quiet but unmistakable signal that the era of Iranian impunity in international sea lanes is drawing to a close.

Admiral Brad Cooper, commander of CENTCOM, put the matter with naval understatement: “Today, we began the process of establishing a new passage and we will share this safe pathway with the maritime industry soon to encourage the free flow of commerce.”

The two destroyers had been operating in the Arabian Sea before making their crossing. CENTCOM was at pains to remind the world what should require no reminder: the Strait of Hormuz is “an international sea passage and an essential trade corridor that supports regional and global economic prosperity.” Additional American forces, including underwater drones, will join the clearance operation in the coming days.

One cannot help but note the irony. The regime in Tehran, which has spent decades railing against “imperialist” interference while happily profiting from the very global commerce it now seeks to disrupt, has once again overplayed its hand. By sowing mines in waters that belong to no single nation, Iran’s Revolutionary Guards have not only endangered innocent mariners and spiked energy prices worldwide; they have invited the very response they claim to dread. The United States, for its part, is not engaged in conquest but in restoration, reopening a chokepoint that serves Arabs, Europeans, Asians, and yes, even the Iranian people far more than it serves the clerical elite clinging to power through provocation.

As the destroyers cut through those historically fraught waters, the message is clear: chokeholds on global trade will not be tolerated indefinitely. Civilization, after all, runs on predictable lanes of commerce, not on the capricious threats of a theocracy that mistakes mine-laying for strategy.

The work of clearing the strait is technical and dangerous; the principle behind it is simple and ancient. The seas must remain open.

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NATO reacts as Russia fires nearly 400 drones at Ukraine

Russia launched nearly 400 drones and dozens of missiles across Ukraine overnight Monday, triggering NATO to scramble fighter jets in neighboring countries, according to reports.

The massive aerial assault killed at least four people and injured more than two dozen, with strikes hitting multiple regions including Kyiv, Zaporizhzhia and Kharkiv, The Associated Press reported, citing Ukrainian officials.

Poland and Romania both scrambled fighter jets as Russian strikes approached NATO airspace, East2West reported, with Warsaw placing air defenses on the "highest state of readiness," Poland’s operational command said.

"Due to the activity of long-range Russian air forces conducting strikes on Ukrainian territory, Polish and allied air forces have begun operating in our airspace," Poland’s operational command said, according to East2West.

What one sees in these episodes is not mere battlefield friction but something deeper: the grinding insistence of one power upon the sovereignty of another, and the nervous vigilance it provokes among those who share a border with the conflict.

Hours earlier, two F-16 fighter jets were scrambled in fellow NATO state Romania as Russian drones attacked Ukraine near the River Danube, the outlet reported. The Danube forms part of the border between Ukraine and Romania.

Ukrainian military leaders said Russian forces have intensified attacks along the roughly 750-mile front line, with hundreds of assaults reported in recent days.

The Institute for the Study of War said the escalation suggests Moscow’s long-anticipated spring-summer offensive is now underway, according to The Associated Press.

Ukraine’s air force said Russia launched nearly 400 drones. Ukrainian officials later said most were intercepted or disrupted, although some were able to hit their targets, according to East2West.

Russia also launched 23 cruise missiles and seven ballistic missiles at Ukraine during the night, hitting at least 10 locations across the country, according to the Ukrainian air force.

Ukrainian civilians have endured relentless barrages since Russia launched a full-scale invasion of its neighbor more than four years ago. U.S.-brokered talks between Moscow and Kyiv over the past year have brought no respite, with Russia rejecting Ukraine’s ceasefire offer.

The latest strikes came after Ukraine hit Russia’s largest Baltic port, Primorsk, in a pinpoint attack a day earlier, leaving the key export hub in flames, East2West reported.

Meanwhile, Russian President Vladimir Putin’s ambassador to London, Andrey Kelin, threatened "dire" consequences over what he said was Ukraine’s use of Storm Shadow missiles, which this month hit and damaged a microelectronics plant in Russia’s Bryansk region.

"The British, without whose participation the use of Storm Shadow missiles is simply impossible, decided to remind everyone of both Ukraine and themselves," he said. "However, any action has consequences. And for everyone involved in the tragedy in Bryansk, the consequences will be dire."

One cannot help but note the symmetry here, or rather the absence of it. When Ukrainian forces strike at Russian infrastructure, the response is often framed as escalation, as though the original invasion itself were not the originating sin of the entire tragedy. Yet when Russian barrages rain down on Ukrainian cities, the language turns clinical, technical, almost detached, as if describing a weather event rather than a sustained campaign against a civilian population.

This is the moral asymmetry that has defined so much of the Western commentary on this war: a reluctance to call things by their proper names, lest the clarity prove inconvenient.

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Rookie Navy Chief of Naval Ops "regrets" wasting money on costly missile when a cheap one would do the trick

Well, well, well, look who's got a case of missile envy! New acting Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) Adm. James Kilby is kicking himself for the Navy’s obsession with flashy, overpriced missiles to swat down Houthi pests in the Red Sea. "I regret it," he whined to reporters at the Sea Air Space conference in National Harbor, Maryland, promising to hunt for cheaper toys to play with.

Kilby’s all swagger, claiming he’s "not concerned" about the Navy keeping its 350 USS Carney sailors safe or guarding commercial ships from rogue rebels. No, his real heartbreak? "Not having better ways to more economically attrit the threat." Translation: he’s tired of blowing millions on missiles when a bargain-bin zapper would do the trick.

Back when he was vice chief, Kilby was apparently drooling over "a high-end laser – 500kW to one megawatt – and I have regret for that." Oh, the tragedy of dreaming big!

"I had not been thoughtful enough to think about the UAV threat," he admitted, realizing a less juiced-up gizmo could’ve handled those pesky drones. Now he’s swearing the Navy is pivoting to "much more cost-effective" tech to squash autonomous Red Sea nuisances, while nagging the defense industry to churn out ammo faster. 

"We have to get after our industrial base or munitions industrial base the same way we have to get after our shipbuilding industrial base," he barked. Inspiring stuff.

When quizzed if the Navy’s got enough ammo to keep the Houthis at bay, Kilby smirked, "I think we need more munitions." 

Gee, you think? 

"We certainly need more depth of magazine, if we’re going to get into a protracted conflict." Better stock up, Admiral—those $2 million missiles don’t grow on trees, unlike the Houthis’ $2,000 drones that keep eating them for breakfast. Since the March 15 offensive, those rebels have even bagged three $30 million MQ-9 Reapers. 

Kilby got the acting CNO gig in February after Adm. Lisa Franchetti got the boot in Trump’s military leadership purge—along with Gen. C.Q. Brown and Gen. James Slife. 

No word yet if Kilby’s auditioning for the permanent role or just enjoying the temp spotlight. Either way, he’s sticking to Franchetti’s dream of 80% combat-ready ships, despite subs limping at 67%, ships at 68%, and carriers at 70%. "Awareness seems to be higher," he bragged to Fox News Digital about the shipbuilding mess, adding, "it's going to take a national effort." 

He’s also "super focused" with the Marine Corps on reviving the Medium Landing Ship (LSM) program—because nothing screams efficiency like a stalled project meant to ferry Marines onto beaches to blast anti-ship missiles and snoop around. "We’re doing it now not when our ship’s in construction," Kilby said. "I’m optimistic here." 

Sure, buddy, optimism’s free—unlike those ships.

Oh, and about the sailor shortage? "I’ll take that 23,000-person gap, make it 18,000 this year and 8,000 the next year," he boasted. Bold words for a Navy that’s been firing million-dollar shots at Dollar General drones. 

Good luck, Kilby—sounds like you’ll need it. Har, har, har.

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IDF eliminates at least nine drone operators in Gaza's Beit Lahya

Not a drone operator

Well, folks, the IDF’s back at it, dropping bombs like it’s a clearance sale in Gaza’s northern Beit Lahiya town. 

Israel confirmed they smashed targets they say were eyeballing their soldiers with bad intent. Hamas-affiliated medics, meanwhile, cried to Reuters that at least nine Palestinians got turned into collateral damage—including, oh joy, two local journalists. Because nothing says "free press" like a missile through your windshield.

The Israeli military’s story? They spotted two Palestinians "operating a drone that posed a threat to IDF troops," and you know how twitchy those boys get when a buzzing toy shows up. So, boom—problem solved. Medics chimed in, saying the strike turned a car into a flaming piñata, with bodies inside and out, several clinging to life by a thread. The IDF’s version adds a little color: a gaggle of Palestinians scooped up the drone gear, piled into a vehicle, and—surprise!—caught a fiery RSVP from Israeli forces.

But wait, plot twist! Witnesses and journo pals swear the car’s occupants weren’t plotting world domination. Nope, they were on a feel-good gig for the Al-Khair Foundation charity, tagging along with journalists and shutterbugs when the sky fell. Oops. Guess the IDF didn’t get the memo about the photo op.


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Meanwhile, ceasefire talks are wobbling like a drunk on a tightrope. Hamas’s exiled Gaza honcho, Khalil Al-Hayya, rolled into Cairo to haggle over a truce, hoping to keep Israel from hitting the "resume war" button. On Friday, Hamas dangled a carrot: they’d spring an American-Israeli dual national if Israel plays ball on phase two of the ceasefire dance. Israel’s response? A scoff and a wave-off, calling it "psychological warfare." Hamas says they’re ready to cut loose New Jersey’s own Edan Alexander after mediators floated a deal. Israel, apparently, isn’t buying what they’re selling.

So here we are: drones, dead journalists, and a ceasefire that’s shakier than a house of cards in a hurricane. Just another day in the neighborhood.

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Katz's ultimatum: either Lebanese drones disappear or Hezbollah disappears

His name may be Katz, but don't confuse him with pussy cats. 

On Sunday, Defense Minister Israel Katz said that either the drone threats from Lebanon stop 'existing,' or Hezbollah will stop existing, if you get the drift. He made it clear that it wasn't a threat, it was reality.

Speaking from an IDF position in Lebanon in a meeting with IDF Division 146 Commander Brig. Gen. Yiftach Norkin Katz stated, "Israel will not accept the launching of drones from Lebanon," only days after the IDF shot down a Lebanese drone within Lebanese territory which did not appear to be attacking, but did appear to be collecting intelligence about Israeli defense positions. 

Ironically, if Hezbollah had intelligence they wouldn't be trying to kill Jews. 

The defense minister said, "I advise the successor of the successor of Nasrallah not to make a mistake regarding Israeli determination as his predecessors did - lest he pay a heavy price."

Nasrallah, you may recall, has gone on to a lower place where he has met up with his 72 virgin goats who are never in the mood.

Good luck with that Nasty.

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"Look, up in the sky. It's a bird; it's a plane; it's confusing"

By now we all know about the unidentified objects in the skies over New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut. It's clearly unclear as to what they are but everyone has a theory. 

It has gotten to the point where some New Jersey homeowners are threatening to take matters into their own hands if the Biden administration doesn't do something real soon. The government says the drones are not a threat but they have no idea who is controlling them, so how do they know this?

New Jersey residents are as frustrated as Brian Mulvaney being restrained and hobbled in Boys Town due to the lack of real answers about the dozens of potential drone sightings and they're ready to swing into action somehow.

James Ward, a Jersey Shore Realtor, posted a video on Facebook that he claims shows "SUV-size drones" above Island Beach State Park taken Sunday. It's difficult to judge their size in the clip, which shows a number of lights hovering in the sky, but the light configuration--green on the port side; red on starboard, is evidence the drones come from good old Planet Earth and not from some distant planet.

"Dozens of SUV-size drones in all directions," the caption says. "Emerging at same time and flying over the ocean and then heading in different directions – what do you think?"

"A good shotgun will fix that problem," one commenter, obviously a Second Amendment supporter replied. 

"Why hasn't anyone shot one down to look for a serial number to trace it back to the operator?" another wrote. "I would think that could provide a clue."

"Semi auto 3 inch magnum 00 buck full choke!" yet another guy, obviously a duck hunter, wrote. 

Experts warn that it is typically illegal to shoot down a drone flying over a property. The Federal Aviation Administration told Forbes in 2016 that shooting down a drone is illegal under the same federal law prohibiting the sabotage of any other aircraft.

But my theory is that the government is testing us to see how far we will allow such an incursion to continue before we react. Perhaps this is Christopher Wrays last act as FBI Director and he wants to go out with a bang--literally.

I blame the government, although the source of the drones is a mystery. However, blaming the government is always a good bet, especially with the current clowns in charge.

Of course I have no clue what's going on "up there," but I suspect we're going to find out soon and I think the government is behind it for whatever reason they come up with to validate spying on us.

Am I paranoid, or are the paranoids coming to get us?

You tell me.

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Although Iran's proxies target US troops, Harris-Biden admin quietly claims no Iranians have launched drone attacks on Americans

The Harris-Biden administration [aka Biden-Harris administration] privately claimed to Congress that no Iranians were involved in drone attacks on Americans over the past year. Lawmakers and experts are saying that the administration is intentionally denying the extent of Iran’s aggression in the Middle East.

In a confidential report given to Congress recently, the State Department mentioned that it “has not identified any Iranian individuals” who were responsible for attacking “an American from October 27, 2023, to July 23, 2024, with a drone,” according to a document seen by the Washington Free Beacon.

This report was sent to Congress during a huge conflict in the Middle East, where groups supported by Iran are causing chaos. They're attacking Israel, messing with ships around the world, and hitting U.S. troops in the area.

Drones are a major weapon for Iran's friends. Groups like Hezbollah, Hamas, the Houthi rebels in Yemen, Syrian fighters, and especially the militias in Iraq backed by Tehran, have been using drones a lot in their fights.

Three US soldiers were killed in January in a drone attack on an American outpost in Jordan, which President Joe Biden said was “carried out by radical Iran-backed militant groups operating in Syria and Iraq.”

The State Department’s late September analysis was mandated under a 2024 law that required a report to Congress on “any Iranian person that has attacked a United States citizen using an unmanned combat aerial vehicle.”

The State Department's report was crafted with a narrow interpretation of the law by the Biden-Harris administration, focusing solely on individuals "directly involved" in the physical act of launching drone attacks on American targets.

This selective interpretation allowed the administration to assert officially that there is "no evidence" implicating any Iranian individuals in these drone attacks. However, this stance exists despite substantial evidence suggesting that Iranian-backed terrorist groups have indeed carried out such operations.

Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX), who wrote the part of the law that requires a report on drone activities, accused the State Department of twisting the law's meaning on purpose. This was done, he believes, to prevent pointing out Iran as the main culprit behind drone attacks on Americans.

“It’s obvious that State Department lawyers worked overtime to deny Iran’s role in attacking Americans, and it’s also obvious why they did so,” Cruz told the Free Beacon.

He criticized the Biden-Harris administration, saying, “The Biden-Harris administration has been financing Iran’s war against America and our allies since the day they took office. They have allowed over $100 billion to flow towards the Ayatollah, which enabled the Iranian regime to finance not just the October 7 terrorist attack on Israel but attacks on our soldiers across the Middle East. Rather than acknowledge the Iranian regime’s role in those attacks, they have chosen to lawlessly ignore them.”

A State Department spokesperson argued that their report strictly followed “the specific reporting requirements” set by Congress.

“The Biden Administration takes seriously the range of threats posed by Iran to the safety and security of U.S. citizens, including those posed by Iran’s UAV proliferation,” the spokesperson stated.

“One of the reasons we've had to carry out defensive strikes is because of the attacks enabled by Iran in places like Syria, Iraq, Jordan, and also in Yemen and its surrounding waters.”

The U.S. is now also rolling out new sanctions against people “involved in Iran’s UAV program” and will keep addressing this threat as it changes, according to the State Department.

Michael Knights, who follows Iran-backed attacks for the Washington Institute for Near East Policy, commented that the State Department’s view seems to show “the U.S. government is not keen to openly state that Iran is functionally at war with the United States, hence the use of legalese to describe Iranian involvement.”

He also pointed out, “Iranian nationals were clearly involved in designing the Shahed-101 and KAS-04 drones that are used to attack U.S. bases in Iraq and Syria.”

Since Hamas's terror attacks on October 7, groups backed by Iran have kept up their assaults on American and Israeli sites in the area.

The Washington Institute for Near East Policy pointed out that various terror groups, acting on Iran's command, have been attacking U.S. bases in Iraq and Syria.

The State Department agreed with this assessment but wouldn't say that Iran was directly behind these attacks, even though the groups are guided by Tehran.

“Iran relies on and supports an extensive network of proxies and partners in Iraq, Syria, and Yemen that can conduct armed operations aligned with Iran’s interests, including against U.S. forces in the region,” according to the State Department's report sent to Congress.

Groups in Iraq and Syria that support Iran have carried out "upwards of 170 attacks against U.S. forces since October 2023, the majority of which involved the use of UAVs.”

The State Department recognized that Iran’s “lethal aid, training, and advice” made “many of these attacks” on Americans possible.

However, they clarified that the "individuals identified as conducting the attacks were non-Iranian foreign national members of proxy or partner groups.”

A former U.S. official who dealt with Middle Eastern affairs found the State Department's conclusion to be ridiculous, stating, “Any suggestion that Iran doesn’t have influence over and direct not just Iraqi militias but the Iraqi government is disingenuous.”

He further explained that Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) “has near full control of Iraqi militias, including decisions on whether or not to attack U.S. personnel. Those decisions are not made in Baghdad by Iraqis—they are made by Iranians and the IRGC.”

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Report: Americans injured by militants in Iraqi base attack

Americans and Iraqi security forces were injured in an attack on Iraqi's Ain al-Asad air base Saturday according to a report.

A US official who demanded anonymity said the Americans who were injured only suffered minor injuries, but one of the Iraqi security forces was reported to be seriously wounded, The Jerusalem Post reported.

The initial reports said the ballistic missiles hit the base but there is an ongoing assessment to determine whether it was actually a rocket attack, rather than a guided missile offensive, the official said.

“Two security sources in Iraq and one government source said the base was hit by multiple rockets fired from inside Iraq,” The Jerusalem Post’s report says. “A second US official said the attack was carried out by militants from inside Iraq.”

According to US military data, there have been to date, 58 strikes by drones and rockets by Iran-supported militants. Theses same militants have also attacked American forces in Syria no less than 83 times concurrent to the Iraq attacks.

According to The Jerusalem Post, those militants are seeking a way to “impose a cost” on America for its support of Israel in the fight against Hamas, which is backed by Iran.

And while it appears the Biden administration is fully committed to supporting the Jewish State, don't necessarily count on that support in the future if the political winds change. Biden has no other ideology other than what's good for the Bidens. 

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Hezbollah idiot terrorists release drone that shoots photos of them launching it

Dumb and Dim

Two pea-brained Hezbollah terrorists accidentally took nice close-up photos of themselves as they launched an intelligence gathering drone into Israel. One of the photos includes a close-up of their faces with one of them leaning on his vehicle with the license plate clearly visible. It seems like the drone is more intelligent than these two clowns.

If this was an accident, which is appears to be, these idiots belong in the Darwin Awards finals. 

The drone was launched in southern Lebanon and was shot out of the sky by the IDF. The drone's memory card was intact and it contained tons of photos of the idiots who manned it, Israel said in not so many words last Friday.

After shooting down the drone once it entered Israeli airspace, military investigators discovered that the drone had recorded images of the men who launched it – members of a Hezbollah unit focusing on Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs), and whose identities are meant to be a closely guarded secret.

“The IDF will continue to operate against any attempt by terrorists to violate Israeli sovereignty,” the military posted on Twitter, alongside a photo of the downed drone.

In 2021, Hezbollah sent some 74 drones into Israeli airspace, an IDF spokesman said in a statement.

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Israel, in a tit-for-tat response, also regularly launches drones into Lebanon, some of which have crashed. And while Hezbollah brags that they were the ones who shot them down, the IDF says the crashes are due to technical malfunctions. 

Still others, especially sexists, say the drones that crash are the ones piloted by women.

The IDF maintains that the drones that are downed in Lebanon do not contain information or data that could potentially damage national security. They're only there to pick up on the latest gossip.

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Biden's foreign policy decisions remain 100% predictable as US buys Chinese drones

Leave it to Biden to muck (sic) things up when it involves foreign policy decisions. If you can think of even one good decision this bozo has made, please comment below.

Now the plan is for federal law enforcement agencies to buy surveillance drones from the Communist China government. 

What could possibly go wrong?

Well, our military has given multiple warnings to the Biden-Harris-etc.-etc. administration that drones sold to us by our enemy poses a serious threat to our national security, to which our demented leader asked, "what's a drone?"

“The Secret Service bought eight DJI drones on July 26, according to procurement records obtained by the industry publication IPVM,” Axios reported. “That was three days after the Defense Department released a statement saying DJI products ‘pose potential threats to national security.'”

The outlet then cited records showing the FBI bought 19 drones made by the same Communist China-based company, owned and operated by the Chinese government.

The U.S. military repeatedly warned against using the drones during the Trump administration, which is likely why the current incompetent administration bought the damn things--if Trump hated it, they love it. The military is still trying to warn these political cretins against using the drones while Biden pretends to be in charge.

“The Department of Defense (DOD) position is that systems produced by Da Jiang Innovations (DJI) pose potential threats to national security,” the Pentagon warned this summer. “Existing DOD policy and practices associated with the use of these systems by U.S. government entities and forces working with U.S. military services remain unchanged contrary to any written reports not approved for release by the DOD.”

It isn't known whether the drones simply steal information from the U.S. or if they violently explode when flying over populated areas--it's anyone's guess. But if Trump refused to buy them, that's good enough for Chief Sniffing Hair. After all, he and his son, Hunter, have a financial interest in China's economic growth.

“In 2018, DOD issued a ban on the purchase and use of all commercial off-the-shelf drones, regardless of manufacturer, due to cybersecurity concerns,” the statement added. “The following year, Congress passed legislation specifically banning the purchase and use of drones and components manufactured in China. DOD complies with Section 848 of the FY20 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) and additional guidance provided by Executive Order 13981.”

The Department of Homeland Security warned in 2017 that it had “moderate confidence that Chinese-based company DJI Science and Technology is providing U.S. critical infrastructure and law enforcement data to the Chinese government.”

The DHS warned that it has:

“…high confidence [DJI] is selectively targeting government and privately owned entities within these sectors to expand its ability to collect and exploit sensitive U.S. data.” 

“…high confidence a foreign government with access to this information could easily coordinate physical or cyber attacks against critical sites.” 

“…high confidence that outside of DJI’s goal to attain law enforcement customers, DJI’s criteria for selecting accounts to target appears to focus on the account holder’s ability to disrupt critical infrastructure. As a result, DJI has amassed customers such as American Water, Union Pacific, and American Electric Power, some of the biggest utility and transportation companies in the United States.” 

“…high confidence the critical infrastructure and law enforcement entities using DJI systems are collecting sensitive intelligence that the Chinese government could use to conduct physical or cyber attacks against the United States and its population. Alternatively, China could provide DJI information to terrorist organizations, hostile non-state entities, or state-sponsored groups to coordinate attacks against U.S. critical infrastructure. The UAS capture close-up imagery and GPS information on water systems, rail systems, hazardous material storage systems, first responders’ activity, and construction of highways, bridges, and rails.”

It's good to know how confident DHS is with what it believes to be true. That gives me high confidence in knowing that our current POTUS hasn't a clue as to what he's doing other than when he's eating ice cream.

Joe Biden is an embarrassment to the country.

Feds Buying Chinese Drones Despite Military Warning That They Pose Threat To National Security

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Israel will be breaking the PA's balloons if they don't stop

The Palestinian Authority and the fightin' Hamassholes like to fly fire balloons and kites into Israel and create problems for the Jewish people there, and hopefully burn someone there in the process.

Since necessity is the mother of invention, [Plato was a very smart guy], the Israelis came up with an invention that was necessary to assuage the problem that was created by the so-called Palestinians. It's called the "Light Blade."

The "Light Blade" system is the first of its kind that has the capability to knock down kites and balloons, say the Israeli police, who have successfully tested the new defensive weapon as reported in Israel Hayom. The system can even take down armed drones that are coming from Iranian-backed militias in the north.

Called “Light Blade,” it is a laser system that looks much like a miniature Iron Dome, and it will bust those balloons and kites. First it tracks the airborne object, locks onto it, then blasts the hell out of it with a unique laser beam. If the object is a balloon loaded with flammable material, it will explode on the terrorist's side of the border. If it is a drone, the motor will burn out and it will crash harmlessly into the ground.

The Light Blade can work in the night or in the day. It has a range of about two-kilometers [or about one and a quarter miles]. It is also a bargain to own, say the police, thus it will enable the security forces to equip themselves quickly with a large quantity of them.

The "Light Blade" was developed over last year by three Isaelis who are experts in electro-optics and lasers: Prof. Ami Yeshaya, Dr. Rami Aharoni and Dr. Udi Ben Ami. Their company is called OptiDefense and has formed a cooperative effort with the police to combat terrorism from the Gaza Strip.

Kudos go out to Border Police chief Yaakov Shabtai, the Technology Research Department of the Border Police, Ben Gurion University [Go! Fightin' Yarmulkes] and the Infrastructure Development and Technology departments of the Israeli Defense Force, all of which were involved in the project and the design of the model. Private investors also helped fund the million dollar project along with the security authorities.

Israel’s Channel 12 News witnessed a string of tests that the Light Blade passed with flying colors and busted balloons.

“The system provides an almost complete response to the threat of balloons and kites and provides an effective and safe solution to the drone threat,” said Shabtai to the network.

Arson balloons flown from the Gaza Strip have caused millions of dollars of ecological damage in the south, burning thousands of acres of cropland and forests. Now it's time to start breaking them and having them explode elsewhere.

Armed drones are viewed as more of a threat from the North, as the IDF has had to deal with these airborne attacks launched from Syria by Iranian forces.

The new technology is in the process of being patented.

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Gaza terror group may have accidentally shot down a fellow terrorist drone

The armed wing of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) is a Gaza-based terrorist group whose goal is to kill as many Jews as Allah permits, and destroy Israel--don't let their name fool you. They claimed on Saturday that they downed an "Israeli spy aircraft," probably a small propellor drone, but alas, it may have belonged to a fellow terrorist organization and they will need to buy a new one at the "Terrorists R Us" store.

An Israel Defense Forces spokeswoman [terrorists never use spokeswomen because they think women are inferior] said she had no knowledge of such an incident and she would know because she's very close to people high up in the IDF.

Haaretz, a left-wing Israeli paper, citing unnamed Gaza sources, later reported that the UAV [aka drone] was in fact operated by the Islamic Jihad, another Gaza terror group.

The Islamic Jihad drone was downed near Khan Younis in the south of the Strip after being mistaken for an Israeli aircraft and had likely been supplied to Islamic Jihad by Iran, the report said. The PFLP promised to buy them a new one for Eid.

Islamic Jihad was said to be investigating the incident alongside the "Fightin' Hamassholes."

It was the second drone-downing incident in the Strip this week. On Tuesday the IDF had said one of its drones had fallen in Gaza overnight. Palestinian media reported that the drone was shot down and was seized by Hamas.

In a statement, the military said it was investigating the incident.

Hamas claimed it spotted the drone and shot it down with gunfire east of Rafah, [not to be confused with the great Spanish tennis champion] in the southern Gaza Strip, the Shehab news agency reported. According to the report, the aircraft was apparently a helicopter-type drone.

On Monday the Hezbollah terror group claimed it shot down an IDF drone over southern Lebanon, but Hezhollians tend to be lousy marksmen so it's improbable.

The IDF confirmed that the drone fell inside Lebanese territory. Asked if the aircraft had been shot down or crashed due to a technical issue, an army spokesperson said, “It fell, as far as I know.”

Some of the IDF’s smaller drones crash with relative frequency, owing to their size, simple design and eBay batteries. These drones are nothing like the far more advanced UAVs used by the IDF.

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Iran stages massive military exercises

Iran has grabbed its symbolic crotch, rolled its symbolic shoulders and conducted a series of symbolic war-drills designed to scare us in the West with their military "supremacy." They are showing us that they are prepared to attack forces stationed in the Persian Gulf region, according to Iranian military leaders and their state-run media reports.

The war drill began on Sunday in southeastern Iran and went into Monday. Ground and air forces along with unmanned drones were part of the forces. The war exercises coincided with the public release by the largest state sponsor of terrorism, of a new unmanned drone.

The Iran military leaders grabbed their collective crotches and warned that if the US took any provocative action in the region they would counter with a swift military response.

"The Islamic Republic of Iran's military forces enjoy supremacy over the Persian Gulf region more than any other time," Brig. Gen. Massoud "Jazzy" Jazzayeri, the deputy chief of staff of Iran's Armed Forces said. "The military and security conditions of the Persian Gulf are in a way that the enemy's forces and equipment are fully within the range of the Iranian military men."

The drills are expected to go until Wednesday. Iran is introducing a new jamming system they claim is capable of bringing down enemy drones.

Iran fired "several rockets" at two targets stationed in the Sea of Oman.

John Kerry and Barack Obama remain in hiding.


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London Palestine Action Group Wants to Disarm Israel to Make it Easier for Hamas to Destroy Them

It isn't bad enough that Israel is surrounded by much larger nations that would like to see her pushed into the sea with all the Jews along for the ride. It isn't bad enough that in Europe and other parts of the world, anti-Semitism has become the movement du jour. But now we have pro-Hamas activists shutting down an Israeli-owned factory in Staffordshire, England to stop Israel from arming itself from those who would see her destroyed.

To Drone or Not to Drone

When Rand Paul (R-KY) filibustered on the Senate floor, he made an excellent point about the drone controversy as to whether or not the President of the United States has the authority to kill American citizens on US soil. The Constitution demands a person be afforded due process when deemed to be an enemy of the USA, but the Obama administration was making a case for using lethal force to keep us safe.

John McCain (R-AZ) and Lindsey Graham (R-SC) attacked Paul's message, and thus attacked Paul,  and it must have made the Democrats smile to see the GOP and all this crazy infighting. On one hand, we have Rand Paul, who has made no secret about his interest in running for president in 2016, while on the other hand, we have a faction of the GOP who doesn't believe Obama would go crazy with the power of the drone. They believe he would only use it to take out terrorists who would pose a future, if not immediate threat to the United States. 

The filibuster clearly raised Paul's perceived validity as a presidential candidate because it gave him the exposure he needs. But it may have hurt McCain, who many on the right see as a RINO (Republican In Name Only). This may have been political suicide for him.

Insofar as how Graham is viewed, that remains to be seen. Some see him as a champion of truth where Benghazi is concerned, and I don't disagree with that notion. Others see him much like McCain because he went against Paul. In Graham's case, I believe it may have been an act of courage to challenge Paul; in McCain's case, I'm less certain of anything. Personally, I have a problem of anyone going to dinner with Obama.

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Al-Awlaki Gets His Virgins Earlier Than He Expected

Calling all virgins

Schmutz happens. It's especially nice when it happens to lizard-brains like Anwar al-Awlaki, the American-born jihadist who was responsible for recruiting such scumbags as Nadal Hasan of Fort Hood fame, Umar Farouk Abdul Mutallab of flaming balls of fire fame, and many others, too stupid and evil to mention. Now we have liberals, as well as Ron Paul, and Gary Johnson who worry that the poor guy didn't have the opportunity of having a fair trial and killing him was unconstitutional. 

Death drones on

I understand that the Constitution is the law of the land. It is the best government document along with the Bill of Rights, ever written. The fact that Awlaki was killed without due process of law simply means we are not correctly interpreting the law, or the law needs to be tweaked as times have changed. I suggest that anyone, American or foreign born, who actively seeks to kill Americans for the sake of a religious or political agenda, is an enemy of the state and a military combatant. If this person is an American, it stands to reason he or she is committing treason and treason should be grounds for excommunication of citizenship and all civil liberties that go with it.The legal mumbo jumbo that liberals tout as reasons to allow terrorists to continue committing terrorism, while they hold hands and sing kumbayah, is what gets innocent people killed. 

Secret pals

Awlaki and his cohort scumbags deserve to have the same justice dealt upon them as they called for to be dealt upon our innocent victims. We need to see terrorism as a real war--not a war on terror, since you can't have a war on a tactic, but a war on Islamic extremists. I have to give Obama kudos for this one--while he slept, a drone took out some garbage. Obama will get the credit, and that's okay with me--if it was a Republican in office, I would have given that person the credit too, so I cannot take it away from our king in chief.


But we cannot stop here. We need to know that we are at the cusp of a giant jihad that will continue to affect the world. We cannot pretend that our enemy are a few misguided people. The enemy is the orthodoxy of a religion, that, when practiced in orthodox style, is perverse..

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